# Mispelt sines **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460 "2010-06-08T19:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/41 "2010-06-09T10:05:09Z")
> [@MsChilePepper](#): > > I noticed a horrific misspelling on a pizza joint’s [menu](http://mschile.brunchma.com/crapola/pizzamenu.jpg) that had been stuck on my door. O.o That was the worst one, although there were other errors, including the fact that they’d misspelled the NAME of the business! Hey, $5.99 may or may not be a reasonable price for _mushrooms_, but for these babies? Bargain! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/42 "2010-06-09T10:23:32Z")
Daycare center near my old apartment: English & Spanish [something something] Vouchers Accepted Inroll Today! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/43 "2010-06-09T11:44:05Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Hey, $5.99 may or may not be a reasonable price for _mushrooms_, but for these babies? Bargain! 😃 Reminds me of this unfortunately [shortened URL](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:S80o4zEvHxMJ:www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/carrotsglazedwithcum_80467+recipe+glazed+in+cumin+url&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) someone pointed out yesterday. ETA: although someone has cleaned up (heh) the non-cached one. Someone at the SDMB must have squealed (heh!) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/44 "2010-06-09T11:54:01Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Advertisement which hasn’t been corrected in over a year “Ork Pants $10.99” Do they come with rainbow-colored suspenders? ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/45 "2010-06-09T12:16:47Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > $11 is not a bad price for Ork pants. They’re usually a whole copper piece. Took me a minute to get that one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/46 "2010-06-09T12:29:32Z")
> [@moldybread](#): > > There was another one that I noticed a few days back “sawsige hotdog and himberger” > > Gotta love himbergers and sawsige! LOL I never sawsige a thing before! 😃 (My apologies to Pedro) ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/47 "2010-06-09T13:41:14Z")
There’s a carwash place I pass on the bus going to work, it has a hand-painted notice on the wall that says “No Parkig”. Not a sign, but a half-page ad in a free newspaper that’s distibuted on the transport network every day, there’s a cosmetic dentistry academy that offers “free check-ups’s”. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/48 "2010-06-09T14:27:38Z")
I saw a auto repair place in Queens this weekend advertising “Break jobs”. I also saw a Chinese restaurant menu selling “Shrimp dumpings”. Up in New Hampshire, there was a hair salon that had a sign: “Going elsewhere? Your paying to much!” I actually emailed them about that sign, but they never changed it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/49 "2010-06-09T15:02:06Z")
This one is a little more subtle, but I always get a kick out of it for some bizarre reason. On the corner of 47th Street and Archer Ave. in Chicago, there’s a [road sign](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=47th+and+archer+chicago+il&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=63.343847,107.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=W+47th+St+%26+S+Archer+Ave,+Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois+60632&ll=41.807989,-87.71435&spn=0.007421,0.013078&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.807989,-87.71421&panoid=FiI0KpXuQju_u9WZLtgAUQ&cbp=12,51.27,,2,-8.75) that says: 47[sup]st[/sup] St. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/50 "2010-06-09T15:06:37Z")
There’s also [this place up the street](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=47th+and+archer+chicago+il&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=63.343847,107.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=W+47th+St+%26+S+Archer+Ave,+Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois+60632&ll=41.807989,-87.71435&spn=0.007421,0.013078&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.807989,-87.71421&panoid=FiI0KpXuQju_u9WZLtgAUQ&cbp=12,51.27,,2,-8.75) that serves “HOMADE PIZZA.” That also gives me a chuckle, at least given the way I parse that. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/51 "2010-06-09T15:17:47Z")
There’s a sign on the front door of a local bar & grill type of restaurant near my house: “Close on Sundays.” I guess the restaurant moves itself further away on Monday morning. Until Saturday night, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/52 "2010-06-09T15:26:49Z")
In Wales, road signs need to be translated into Welsh. Unfortunately there aren’t always enough people around. An [example](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm) would be “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only”. which was translated to nid wid yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i’w gyfethu. unfortuantely, that actually means “I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated”. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/53 "2010-06-09T15:31:25Z")
A local grocery store was having a sale on “Fugi Apples.” I once saw “Peecan Pie” advertised outside a diner. ---
**Author:** ![moldybread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@moldybread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldybread)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/54 "2010-06-09T16:04:54Z")
And another one today. A local asian store, “We Sale Ice Cole Coke” Never realized how bad the signs are around here. This is kind of scary! ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/55 "2010-06-09T17:00:13Z")
Some years back UTEP (UT El Paso) proudly unveiled a series of billboards featuring the advertising slogan for their new athletic season: **WAC WITH A VENGANCE**. After a few news cycles featuring expressions of mirth among dictionary-wielding journalists (and vents of outrage from English teachers), the signs were quietly replaced. The new, improved billboards read **WAC WITH A VENGENCE**. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/56 "2010-06-09T17:26:04Z")
At a garage: Tires balenced At a Chinese restaurant: WE DELIVERY There is another Chinese restaurant named ESUOH FO TNEIRO It’s that way on both sides of the sign. And before they changed to their new menus a Thai place near me had a menu which had a greeting to its customers at the beginning. “We welcome our quests to our restaurant”, or something like that. I used to go there with **Autolycus** a lot, and he would always start his order “For my quest, I would like…” Cracked us up every time. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/57 "2010-06-09T18:03:48Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > Some years back UTEP (UT El Paso) proudly unveiled a series of billboards featuring the advertising slogan for their new athletic season: **WAC WITH A VENGANCE**. After a few news cycles featuring expressions of mirth among dictionary-wielding journalists (and vents of outrage from English teachers), the signs were quietly replaced. The new, improved billboards read **WAC WITH A VENGENCE**. A quick scan of this lead me to believe this was about an advertising slogan that somehow came out “WAC WITH A VENGEANCE”, which is silly enough as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/58 "2010-06-09T18:42:33Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > A quick scan of this lead me to believe this was about an advertising slogan that somehow came out “WAC WITH A VENGEANCE”, which is silly enough as it is. UTEP belonged to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) at the time. So, yes, the slogan _ **was** _ supposed to be “WAC WITH A VENGEANCE.” ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/59 "2010-06-09T18:43:43Z")
I snapped a picture in the spring for a [Sylvan Learning Centre](http://tutoring.sylvanlearning.com/) sign: **REPORT CARD SHOCK? CALL SYLVAN TODAY FOR 1/2 PRICE ASSESMENT** The sign was a rental with the moveable letters, but it had decorative details and perfect alignment, so it didn’t look like it had been changed. It was also there for a couple of months. > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > In Wales, road signs need to be translated into Welsh. Unfortunately there aren’t always enough people around. An [example](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm) would be > > “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only”. > > which was translated to > > nid wid yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i’w gyfethu. > > unfortuantely, that actually means > > “I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated”. Hey, I’ve been to that store…it’s down the block from my wifes family. There is another sign a few blocks away declaring “HEAVY PLANT CROSSING” where the road is naturally overgrown with vegetation ([used to be just around the corner here](http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Clase+Road+and&sll=51.6643,-3.885996&sspn=0.000422,0.000805&ie=UTF8&split=1&rq=1&ev=zo&radius=0.02&layer=c&cbll=51.66431,-3.886009&panoid=x5u1MJ2ncEasNnzaZ7Ck6A&cbp=12,22.83,,0,6.65&safe=on&hq=Clase+Road+and&hnear=&ll=51.662538,-3.885884&spn=0,0.000805&t=h&z=20)). ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460/60 "2010-06-09T18:50:33Z")
Passing a farm in Oklahoma we saw a portable sign on their property that read “ARM FOR SALE”. No price was mentioned, but I bet it cost an … never mind. At a truckstop was the sign ```auto POSTED NO TRESPASSING ALLOWED VIOLATORS SUBJECT TO BE PROSECUTED ``` … so all the truck drivers just used verbs and exclamations. ```auto NO PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IS PROHIBITED WILL BE TOWED ``` So if you don’t park there your vehicle will be towed there?! There is the sign “NO STANDING ANY DAY 11pm-6am”. So you’ll just have to sit early in the morning. A sign at the local high school informed us of a unique opportunity to come to the “WRESTLING PARENT MEETING”. Shouldn’t that be “parents”, unless of course the person is very limber? The following are not wrong, just a bit … off: Yellowstone has the sign “MAMMOTH RESTROOM”, but it doesn’t seem unduly large to me. “PLANT ENTRANCE AHEAD” has always made me chuckle. ```auto McCURLEY'S SEPTIC TANK CLEANING {hours and phones} AEROBIC SYSTEM INSTALLED ``` Okay, this is correct, but do you really want your gym equipment installed by Mr. McCurley? At the Cox Fish Hatchery in Athens, TX is a display of bees with a button and a sign over it that says “PRESS BUTTON TO HEAR BEE TALK”. This is funnier because our son’s nickname is “Bee” and he doesn’t talk much. On the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi TX is an aircraft gun emplacement with the sign: ```auto YOU ARE WELCOME TO PLAY ON THE GUN USE CAUTION TO PREVENT INJURY PLEASE PUT GUN BACK IN ORIGINAL POSITION WHEN DONE ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mispelt-sines/542460.md?page=4)